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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon: "What some people expect when they buy a flivver"** This satirizes the Model T Ford ("flivver" was slang for cheap cars). The cartoon shows a wealthy man in formal dress being served by a uniformed chauffeur—depicting absurdly unrealistic expectations for an affordable automobile. The humor derives from the contrast between the car's actual modest nature and fantasies of luxury service. This reflects early 1920s American car culture, when mass-produced vehicles were transforming society but buyers sometimes harbored inflated expectations. **Lower Content: Practical Humor** "How to Get on a Crowded Elevator" offers tongue-in-cheek advice about mimicking Charlie Chaplin's physical comedy to squeeze into overstuffed elevators—referencing the popular silent-film star.
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What some people expect when they buy a flivver. How to Get on a Crowded Elevator ‘o THOSE who make it a practice to arrive at the door of the office build- ing at 8.5914, this solution will be worth clipping. As you enter the building, select the elevator which has the smallest overflow and dash for it. As you reach the door, lower your head and, aiming it back of the man neare: best imitation you can ol dock’s flying finish. If good, the stout. man will room above the floor level your aim is up no more and his space is yours. This may be varied by rushing for- ward as the starter is slamming the door and, quickly inserting the foot between the gates and uttering a piercing shriek, toppling to the floor. A few simple folk will come out to see what is the matter. Choose your moment carefully, leap up and fling yourself into the elevator. This system rarely fails. If the fainting spell is unsuccessful, an apoplectic fit may succeed. sae A safety raiser—four aces and the joker. The Diamond Dog Collar A neckonomic waste. se Passenger—What's the rattle in this car? New and Nervous Driver—Me! Green River Anthology (Apologies to Edgar Lee Masters) Saydee Saunders I thought I'd like to be an artist So T cut my hair And moved to G But I couldn't ge’ There were always college boys, though, Like Radnor Manners, Who thought me “interesting enwich Village. job—much less paint. d “wild.” All of us were driving home early one morning Ata terrifie speed, when the car hit some- thing. The papers wrote us up in front-page llines, And even said T was an artist! Who was it said you must be dead before You can be famous? Radnor Manners Of course, we always had sherry at home, The governor was a decent sort And at college plenty of stuff around the room And on parties—well, of course, we went pretty far. But I never saw a woma that night in the Villag When I took Saydee Saunders home. I stayed on to take care of her that night, and afterward quit college. I know, now, she was a bad egg, but if it weren't for her Td still be studying Latin verbs. dead drunk till Sir Walter’s Knock “Ruff on the cloak, Walter Raleigh, as he spread his velvet garment for Queen Elizabeth. He just couldn't resist giving her this little wrap. remarked Sir LAD 5 Ss foc 2a “Yoo hoo!—and a bottle of rum.” comicbooks.com